Her grandmother, Jackie Arrington, agreed: ” It will. A snake that big could wrap around and squeeze her.”

Arrington is keeping an extra close eye on the girl now, just as Lewis Rouston is keeping close tabs on his toddler.

Rouston showed WAVY.com where the snake is likely hiding out in a slightly overgrown, rundown yard. An elderly widow lives there, and she can’t take care of it. All the neighbors are concerned for her safety, especially her friend Eunice Adams, who lives across the street.

“If it’s a snake, and I can kill it, I’m going to kill it,” she said. “I don’t care what kind of snake it is, a snake’s a snake.”

But Eunice, who is almost 90, has her own health concerns. She can’t run and worries she won’t be a match for a nine-foot-long snake. In fact, there are several widows on the block who could use some help.

“We’re gonna need a superhero!” Nyheema proclaimed.

But just in case one doesn’t show, Rouston said he and a few others are going to clear out the overgrown yard over the weekend.

“Everyone’s general consensus is do what we have to do to take care of the snake, get it out of the neighborhood, before it gets one of them,” he said.

Chesapeake Animal Control told WAVY.com originally the snake was believed to be someone’s pet, but now an investigation revealed it is wild, and not a threat. They will be back out this week to try to catch it.